Chords for 1932 and 1936 National Style-O Resonator guitars

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_ _ Hi, today I have a nice guitar here, which is this one.
As you can see, it is _ a National Resonator guitar, a Style O, _ _ similar to the one that
Mark Knopfler [Bbm] has and which [D] is shown on the album of Brothers in Arms.
_ _ _ This one is a shiny _ _ _ _ metal guitar, which looks like new, but in fact it's not new, but from _ 1932.
_ So here we have a guitar that is exactly 80 years old.
_ _ _ _ _ The Nationals from the _ early 30s, they are the so-called 12th fret models, because here
you can see this is the 12th fret and the body joins the neck here at the 12th fret.
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If you look [N] at here the other one, then you see here the 12th fret and the body joins
the neck at the 14th fret.
So we have a 14th fret model here. _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ This results in a different body shape.
The body looks _ different.
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Both guitars have a Hawaiian scene on the back, which is sand-edged. _
_ _ _ _ And you see, both have _ volcanoes and a palm tree _ _ and _ the _ canoe.
_ _ They are _ different.
I think there were seven or eight different variations in this Hawaiian scene.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] And let's hear this one. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ You can hear, the other one sounds a little bit crisper and brighter and this has more
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Another difference is that this one has a curved [D] fingerboard. _ _ _
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Here you've got the curved fingerboard. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And this one _ has a flat fingerboard.
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_ And _ it's really a nice guitar, a wonderful guitar. _ _ _
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Both [N] have a different _ peghead.
_ This one has the open-slotted peghead.
You _ _ see _ the _ _ _ _ national decal. _ _ _
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_ [Ab] the other one has the closed peghead.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ The national logo looks like this. _ _ _
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